Shaw: Never felt like I did after Van Persie's goal before

Luke Shaw was brought up as a Chelsea fan but, despite interest from his boyhood club, opted to sign for Manchester United in the summer.

Yesterday was his first game against Chelsea since signing for United and he said that the feeling off seeing Robin van Persie equalise was unlike anything else he’s ever experienced.

It’s a feeling I’ve never felt before. The whole crowd got up and you saw how much it meant to all of us. We all jumped on each other! We spoke in the dressing room and we knew we could have got three points with the chances we had and maybe we could have done a bit better on their goal. But that’s football at the end of the day.

Thibaut Courtois was named Man of the Match, in a game that saw United have 19 shots compared to Chelsea’s 9, and Shaw has claimed that their goalkeeper stopped the blues from losing.

We had a lot of chances and, with him in goal, he helped them a lot. Robin had a few and I think it might have been Adnan who had a shot as well. There were those chances but he’s a world-class goalie in their goal and he helped them a lot.

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Shaw played pretty well in this game.. I look at him and think he's one of the few english players who has had justified hype. He is technically very good, he has burst of speed and power, attacks with intent and hopefully starts to improve his defending. Needs to keep pushing to another level but the switch to a back-four has suited him..

I just want to say I was impressed with chris smalling... I still think he has all the important of a good defender.. He reads the game well, has mobility, he's probably one of the best one-against-one defender in the league.. He's very quick across ground, good in the air. Needs to stay fit regularly and then needs to assert himself.. I feel he is the one with the better attributes out of the lot of jones, evans but didn't kick on. Went toe to toe with drogba, I remember him doing so for fulham. Hopefully his confidence is high, united need consistency at the back now.

+ tactical brilliance nullifies Fabregas.
+ Shaw being a thoroughbred.
+ Rafael showing some restraint after taking a silly booking.
+ playing Fellaini in an advanced midfield position.
+ Januzaj on the right instead of the left
+ Herrera wearing a corset ..... LOL.

- Di Maria should be through the middle.
- Shine Bright Like A Diamond !!!.
- marking Drogba on corners.

I officially dont know the rules of logging into this blog to comment. I haven't been able to comment for ages because the login options were removed to just Twitter. I made a Twitter account and it still didn't work. Then the Twitter option was removed and Google restored.

- Mata ....... supreme footballer but he just doesn't fit the ethos of the club.

Glad with the late point. I was already adjusting myself to another loss when RVP finally put it in the back of the freaking net. He had many chances and we could have won the match but were unlucky once more. Still hats off to the lads for the show. I thought we were better all around but their defense is very very strong. It has smell of Mourinho all over it.

There is a strong improvement in our game that can be seen clearly. We are dangerous again. Smalling, Fellaini and RVP all improved from their past games...Hopefully not just for chelski...We just need to get Falcao, Rooney and Herrera back.

Shitty game on Sunday...I say bring it on. It will be tough but we really need to win and I think now we can...

Also glad to see the tactic set by LVG which was one of my favourites 4-1-4-1...though being surprised that it was chosen against chelski. Rooney, Herrera and Falcao for Mata, Fellaini and RVP would be ideal and perhaps Jones for Smalling at the back. But Fellaini is very useful in the more advanced position for battling oppostion mid and def.

It certainly was a feeling to behold. The pub I was watching in just erupted when the ball hit the back of the net......
The whole pub chanting "Sit down Mourinho" brilliant...
Let's hope Luke has many more feelings like he had yesterday, I get the feeling he will do....
Well done lads a great performance.

1. Defense
Smalling making a big claim for that right CB position alongside Rojo. Before the game I did say Jones is an absolute liability and we would not miss him. Smalling should not lose that position to Jones. If by some miracle he remains fit for the City game then we can hope for some consistency. Rafael is really turning into a powerful fullback. His close marking is very impressive. Very physical and energetic. But he is adding some real tactical awareness to this. Don't take for granted just how crazy it is to mark Hazard. He moves like Messi sometimes and I think Rafael did well keep it tight. Shaw impressed me defensively too. Very tight this time around and the lapses in concentration were gone. Rojo is strong in the air and also a tight marker. But his lapses in concentration will cost us dearly. He needs to cut that out. What's with the number five shirt and over confidence in defense? The risky passes and dribbling in dangerous areas he and esp Di Maria always do should be cut out.

Midfield
Daley Blind was born to play that role. I'm amazed at just how he has adjusted and how fast too. He reads the game excellently. I know it's a cliche but it's true. He is very mobile and very intelligent. Providing support to the defenders and attackers. With or without the ball. Very impressive. He does go to sleep sometimes or is hesitant in attacking the ball here and there. I think the frenetic pace of the English game and the focus on physicality is still slightly ahead of him. Fellaini put no for wrong again. More than that he was the best player in red. People keep talking about his physicality but it's exaggerated. Yes he is a big guy who can pass any physical test but we keep ignoring his skill on the ball. He does not lose the ball much like Blind. He holds the ball up very well and allows the other players to be relieved under pressure and also to take up attacking positions. To me the physicality is a bonus. The technique is the most underrated quality for Fellaini.

Attack
RvP say what you want, he was up for it. Looked very sharp and very positive. Very involved and almost back to his brilliant best. The way he,Fellaini and Mata held up the ball was crucial in my opinion. The ball would come up to him in the air he'd bring it down via his chest. Sometimes he'd shield the incoming ball straight to his feet and under pressure spread the play. His runs were top class. Top class. Any other keeper he'd have scored three. I think he is getting back to form. I was impressed with Mata too. The problem is people don't understand football. This was not a game for through passes galore. Flicks and tricks. It was a very tight and tense game of moments. Mata was instrumental in keeping possession. He pressed hard from the front too. He was never a fast pacy player. He is a creator and is good at ball retention. Get fast players around him and watch. Januzaj was good too. Very positive and brave. He kept Ivanovic busy and did well to create chances for Van Persie too. He does tend to over do it. And that cutting edge is missing. Which is the big issue with United. No cutting edge. We should have won that game. The final ball is disappointing. Di Maria was very disappointing for me. With and without the ball. He was incredibly sloppy. Lost the ball nearly everytime he got it. His crosses were awful. Worst player in red and probably on the pitch. Yes I said it. I love the guy but the past two games he was not good enough technically.

Overall,I think this was a progressive performance. The most important thing for me is we need one of Evans or Smalling fit for longer than one game. We have already gone through thirty players this season and it's very disruptive. Smalling has to avoid being such a glass head and make sure he is completely fit for Sunday. We can't keep having these nerves defensively. I don't see Mata starting against City tbh because he is picking form too gradually. Di Maria needs to be more disciplined. If I was LVG I'd start the exact same team against City. Maybe possibly getting Falcao in for Mata if we have to change. But that's it

Also just watching West Ham vs Man City. They are at least just as poor defensively as we are. City that is. Probably worse. This is the time to beat them. Our attack is very hard to resist. An in form Di Maria and Januzaj will win us this game guaranteed. I'm looking forward to it. We could really boost confidence and get the rest of the league to respect us again if we beat City at the Etihad having matched Chelsea yesterday

Mirainashe, the only reason man citys defence is shitty because of mangala, seems the new CB is still adjusting to the pace. i think van gaal knows it too and will probably instruct our pace attackers to have a go at mangala.

Best performance from Shaw in red so he, I thought he was fantastic both attacking wise ans defending wise, theirs nothing better than late goals, I've put my back out celebrating that goal, I must be the only man in the country who gets injured going to s football natch lol, I must say theirs been some strange, strange ratings from the papers in particular the Manchester evening news (blues) who give fellaini a 4/10 rating, never seen ratings so bad, he never lost the ball, had fabregas lodged in his pocket and had a hand in the goal yet gets 4/10 pathetic really, the mail was another one who give all our lads bad ratings, thr tabloids are a joke!

Don't you just love it when the media comes out with a hands off in the penalty box campaign just because Terry cried being man handled by our defenders? That has been going on for ages and we are not even remotely near being the worst culprits. But alas, when its United, its news

It was never a penalty. Maybe everyone else was blind to the fact that both Terry and Ivanovic were also pulling Smalling and Rojo respectively. A total non event. The media know that United is good for business so they tend to sensationalize everything about United.

Apparently Rooney and Falcao are both ruled out through injury for the game on Sunday. Falcao is actually out till mid or late November. It's very worrying because all these injuries are taking place during training. Are they having training sessions in a mine field? Jones is also out till around December. Not too worried about Jones because he is a liability. But these phantom training injuries are becoming a real concern

Lvgsaid falcao injury is not serious, I was hoping he'd be fit for Sunday, he was fit enough to travel halfway round the world playing meaningless friendlies for Columbia though! Press also reported Rooney has picked up training ground knock!!

They must be having lots of doors round the training ground, for the players to be knocking so much.

There's a part of me that wonders if its mind games, like how Fergie would say in midweek that one of our players was picking up a knock, and we'd proceed to see him in the starting eleven on the weekend.

Calab Kay - Myserious injuries have happened for far too long at this club, it happened under fergie, moyes and now lvg so it's hard to put yourbfinger on it, all 3 manager's have had different coaches so different styles of training, same result, a load of injuries

Smalling has really impressed. I have the belief that that RCB is meant for him, very commanding and tackles pretty well. I hope he stays injury-free. Cos for me, he makes less mistakes than an erratic Jones.

Coaches that have been impressive so far this season are koeman and allardyce
But, koeman have impressed me the most. His first season in the premier league and he's been raking up vital points. After losing most first team players during the transfer window, he was able to get pretty descent players and they are doing very great in the league table, I envy their position.